G0uli, there is no evidence that police helicopters carry out routine patrols as a deterrent. All the examples you provide were responses to specific task requirements.
If the police helicopter were not available, how else could those tasks be carried out and at what cost?
M00ds, the UK CAA mandate a requirement for police helicopters to carry either stabilisation/autopilot or two pilots. Has been for at least a dozen years or so. The police authorities chose new aircraft over two pilots because the new generation of aircraft (then the MD Explorer or the EC135) were already fitted with an AP.
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